France objects to "Waterloo" coin?

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True to a certain value of true. Napoleon abandoned the principles he had when he gained ultimate power.

Compare him to his enemies and you probably get the picture.

We're talking about a time when Metternich was the star rising from the ashes of Napoleon and dominating large parts of Western Europe with his reactionary policy. And that's only the most prominent figure in the decades leading up to the 1848 revolutions.